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Kay Jamison
Psychiatry
A history of healing
Published May 31, 2023
Kay Redfield Jamison discusses her latest book, which takes a nonlinear approach to cataloguing the history of psychotherapy
Billie Holiday, age 2
ARTS+CULTURE
New details of Billie Holiday's early life
Published April 11, 2023
With a newly acquired collection of Billie Holiday biographical materials, JHU historians are piecing together details about the jazz singer's largely unknown early life in Baltimore
A student sits at a table with a laptop computer and speaks with an instructor standing next to her
Hard histories
Students discover stories of girls who lived at former Hopkins orphanage
Published April 5, 2023
The course is part of the ongoing Hard Histories at Hopkins project, which examines the role that racism and discrimination have played at the institution
Restaurateur Dharshan Munidasa smiles while holding a bowl of crabs
The accidental (crab) chef
Published Spring 2023
Today, alum Dharshan Munidasa owns a dozen fine-dining restaurants stretching from Mumbai to Bangkok. He owes it all to the Hopkins dining hall. Well, sort of. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Two people sitting at a patio table enjoying a cup of espresso
A short (or tall) history of the espresso bar
Published Spring 2023
Espresso culture is so ubiquitous that many of us have our own machines sitting on kitchen counters. But how did we get here? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
The title page of 'What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking' by Abby Fisher
A legacy of Southern delicacies
Published Spring 2023
Johns Hopkins' Special Collections acquires first-edition copy of What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, a cookbook believed to be only the second one authored by a Black woman in the United States / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Crazy Legs Conti sits in his apartment and leans toward the camera
Crazy Legs is still hungry
Published Spring 2023
Competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti has yet to max out on gross out / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen pictured here
Neuroaestheics
The healing powers of a brain on art
Published March 27, 2023
In new book, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross contend that making and experiencing art can help us flourish
A rock band plays in the Peabody cafeteria March 10, 2023
Arts+Culture
From pandemic pivot improvisation to Peabody tradition
Published March 22, 2023
Conservatory students return to the cafeteria to commemorate the third anniversary of a spontaneous final performance before the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020
Students play with Persephone, a light and sound organ, at the ice rink in February 2023
Arts+Culture
Interactive light organ brightens Homewood
Published March 14, 2023
Persephone, which debuted at the Lighting of the Quads in December, is the product of first-ever collaboration between the Digital Media Center and Makerspace